2029 Offseason Thread - Spring Training Complete

[Buane]

Tonight's file is available. The next sim will be Wednesday, and we'll sim every day thereafter until Spring Training. All exports due at 6 PM EST.

I've made Baltimore's Cristo Martinez a Free Agent. Brad did not intend to sign him to the ridiculous mega-deal that he received, but likely accidentally hit the Meet Demand button. Since there's no way to go back to negotiate with him now though, he'll have to be a free agent.

I'd also like to delete the five stupid international free agents that OOTP created. That feature should have been turned off immediately. The players it created were way under their talents and 30+ years old anyway, so I doubt you'd have wanted to bid on them. I've deleted Felix Garcia and Onofredo Ghedina, there should be 3 more. Feel free to point them out to me so I can remove them.

[Tavarin]

Gaedels have exported.

[tadashi]

Tonight's file is available. The next sim will be Wednesday, and we'll sim every day thereafter until Spring Training. All exports due at 6 PM EST.

I've made Baltimore's Cristo Martinez a Free Agent. Brad did not intend to sign him to the ridiculous mega-deal that he received, but likely accidentally hit the Meet Demand button. Since there's no way to go back to negotiate with him now though, he'll have to be a free agent.

I'd also like to delete the five stupid international free agents that OOTP created. That feature should have been turned off immediately. The players it created were way under their talents and 30+ years old anyway, so I doubt you'd have wanted to bid on them. I've deleted Felix Garcia and Onofredo Ghedina, there should be 3 more. Feel free to point them out to me so I can remove them.

Alberto Costa is probably another one.

[Jontler]

The five are Lorenzo Peralta, Fo-hian Li, Felix Garcia, Carlos Gonzales, and Onofredo Ghedina.

[Madness2207]

Baltimore has successfully exported, without offering any 8 year contracts to average 30 year old pitchers

[SebastianP]

Miami exported...a lot of money being tossed around over in these parts...

[Buane]

Tonight's sim is available.

Sims every day from here on out!


Wednesday, December 27th, 2028
Pittsburgh Eagles: Signed free agent SP Clemente Zuccaro to a 3-year contract worth a total of $10,800,000.

[jadacormier]

Dominic Featherston is a dirty quitter.

[Nah-Lin]

Nighthawks have exported.

Greg, can you process the Alex Henderson trade with Pittsburgh this sim? I need all the money I can get for free agency.

[Tavarin]

Gaedels have exported.

[Buane]

Tonight's sim is available.

Please also welcome Harlock as the new GM in San Francisco!




Tuesday, January 2nd, 2029
Chicago Phantoms: Signed free agent SP Gastone Cenci to a 5-year contract worth a total of $100,000,000.

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2029
Chicago Phantoms: Signed free agent 1B Andrés Mejía to a 1-year contract worth a total of $660,000.
Miami Cyclones: Signed free agent SP Masato Kato to a 3-year contract worth a total of $24,000,000.
Miami Cyclones: Signed free agent MR Harry Cowen to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,200,000.
Denver Glaciers: Signed free agent 1B Martín Garmendia to a 3-year contract worth a total of $2,550,000.
Miami Cyclones: Signed free agent 1B Brian Brock to a 2-year contract worth a total of $10,600,000.
Denver Glaciers: Signed free agent RF Torsten Argelander to a 4-year contract worth a total of $4,400,000.
San Antonio Angels: Signed free agent MR Ricardo Zúñiga to a 1-year contract worth a total of $800,000.
Chicago Phantoms: Signed free agent MR Manuel Caraballo to a 1-year contract worth a total of $510,000.

Thursday, January 4th, 2029
Philadelphia Spectres: Signed free agent SS Carlos Jiménez to a 4-year contract worth a total of $66,040,000.
Philadelphia Spectres: Signed free agent MR Dario Paparelli to a 1-year contract worth a total of $450,000.

Friday, January 5th, 2029
Denver Glaciers: Signed free agent C Leonardo Rangel to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,950,000.

[Tavarin]

Welcome to the league Harlock!

Gaedels have exported

[Buane]

There's a new file up because I kept forgetting to input the latest trade. If you already exported on the old file it's not a problem.

[aceman034]

Holy Gastone Cenci! This could be a very expensive FAIL, however, with 40 million to burn just to get to budget, I had to take a shot and replace the hole left by Will White in my rotation with a sweet sidekick 1B partner to Animal's 1A.

[jadacormier]

Holy Gastone Cenci! This could be a very expensive FAIL, however, with 40 million to burn just to get to budget, I had to take a shot and replace the hole left by Will White in my rotation with a sweet sidekick 1B partner to Animal's 1A.

I remember my first Ron Lyle. Crazy times.

EDIT: Why didn't you make your pick while you were here being all witty you cruel bastard?????

[Nah-Lin]

Holy Gastone Cenci! This could be a very expensive FAIL, however, with 40 million to burn just to get to budget...

#firstworldproblems

[SebastianP]

Still on top of the WAR added list, nice! And this time I actually signed a few guys! Really happy with my signings so far. Kato is an interesting pitcher coming over, had a bit of a down year, but he also had a bit of an uptick in BABIP, so it could have just been bad luck. Cowen seems like a serviceable bullpen arm, and with my bullpen being maybe my best aspect of my pitching last year, it's all I really need in the back end. Also like the Brock signing, he's a cheap bat, and even if he's on the downswing, I was able to limit it to just a two year deal, so it's not a big hit.

Got a few bigger signings still (hopefully) in the works, but I like the way my offseason is going so far.

[Buane]

Still on top of the WAR added list, nice! And this time I actually signed a few guys! Really happy with my signings so far. Kato is an interesting pitcher coming over, had a bit of a down year, but he also had a bit of an uptick in BABIP, so it could have just been bad luck. Cowen seems like a serviceable bullpen arm, and with my bullpen being maybe my best aspect of my pitching last year, it's all I really need in the back end. Also like the Brock signing, he's a cheap bat, and even if he's on the downswing, I was able to limit it to just a two year deal, so it's not a big hit.

Got a few bigger signings still (hopefully) in the works, but I like the way my offseason is going so far.

The fact that you were +WAR just by letting guys go to free agency is a fantastic summary of the 2028 season.

[SebastianP]

The fact that you were +WAR just by letting guys go to free agency is a fantastic summary of the 2028 season.

"It's all new" - Miami Cyclones 2029

[Buane]

Tonight's sim is run!

Tuesday, January 9th, 2029
Philadelphia Spectres: Signed free agent CF José Hernández to a 1-year contract worth a total of $850,000.
Minneapolis Vikings: Signed free agent SS Bruce White to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,000,000.
Miami Cyclones: Signed free agent SP Will White to a 4-year contract worth a total of $60,000,000.
Montreal Royals: Signed free agent SS Gustavo Carranza to a 1-year contract worth a total of $630,000.
Philadelphia Spectres: Signed free agent 2B Georgs Navegero to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,000,000.
St. Louis Gaedels: Signed free agent MR Fernando Burgos to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,400,000.
St. Louis Gaedels: Signed free agent SS Anthony Winter to a 3-year contract worth a total of $3,660,000.

Wednesday, January 10th, 2029
Philadelphia Spectres: Signed free agent CL Carol Koopman to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,000,000.
Philadelphia Spectres: Signed free agent CL Waldo Woestenberg to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,500,000.

Thursday, January 11th, 2029
San Antonio Angels: Signed free agent MR Joshua Brown to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,500,000.

[Buane]

Also, hey, Sergio Gomez? Another one of those players that OOTP generated out of nowhere. I'm removing him. Don't be sad, he's actually a 3/5/3 reliever because OOTP doesn't "get" potential-only.

[Tavarin]

Gaedels have exported.

[Conan2785]

Also, hey, Sergio Gomez? Another one of those players that OOTP generated out of nowhere. I'm removing him. Don't be sad, he's actually a 3/5/3 reliever because OOTP doesn't "get" potential-only.

You the man.

[SebastianP]

Exported for this sim. Won't be around to export for tomorrow though. Going out of town and not getting back until Monday morning. Any way I can get the guys who sign with me (if anyone does) thrown onto my 40 man?

[Buane]

Tonight's sim is available!


Thursday, January 11th, 2029
San Antonio Angels: Signed free agent MR Joshua Brown to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,500,000.

Friday, January 12th, 2029
St. Louis Gaedels: Signed free agent 2B J.J. Hayes to a 4-year contract worth a total of $71,000,000.
Miami Cyclones: Signed free agent RF José Salazar to a 5-year contract worth a total of $90,000,000.

Sunday, January 14th, 2029
Philadelphia Spectres: Signed free agent RF Bruce Batstone to a 3-year contract worth a total of $4,110,000.
Philadelphia Spectres: Signed free agent 3B Aaron Westfall to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,210,000.
Miami Cyclones: Signed free agent 3B Furio Dallaglio to a 4-year contract worth a total of $96,000,000.
Seattle Pilots: Signed free agent C José Colón to a 5-year contract worth a total of $93,700,000.
Denver Glaciers: Signed free agent CF Rod Cadenhead to a 1-year contract worth a total of $700,000.

Tuesday, January 16th, 2029
Denver Glaciers: Signed free agent RF P.J. Kaufman to a 1-year contract worth a total of $510,000.